Energy efficiency Features for May 2012

Energy efficiency Features Archive

What is the real cost of renewable energy? (part 3) What is the real cost of renewable energy? (part 3)

Which energy technology really is the most economical, cost-effective solution for the long term? Gail Rajgor continues her foray into the real costs of renewable energy – looking closer at wind power.

Desalination: new frontier for renewable energy? (part 2) Desalination: new frontier for renewable energy? (part 2)

Research over the past two years – undertaken by CambridgeIP – has shown steady progress in making desalination technologies more energy efficient, as well as increasing the maturity of direct integration technologies.

Desalination: new frontier for renewable energy? (part 1) Desalination: new frontier for renewable energy? (part 1)

Water systems around the world are under increasing pressure due to demands from continued industrialisation and urbanisation; growing populations; and increasing pressure on agricultural systems. This is driving the early stages of a revolution in the technologies and business models used in the water industry. Desalination is already part of this mix, but could the technologies' high demand for energy open up a new market for renewable energy technologies?